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Wow, those chicks talk to you from inside the shell? That is simply amazing!
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Yep...'pip pip pip pip' So cute! And I never would have known had that one started chatting at me!
My humidity right now is around 53% and she's still talking. I hope that by morning she is out.
The one that Cinni took with her was a mess...she abandoned it again and since there was no pipping and I couldn't candle it (too dark) I cracked it open to a soupy black mess
(It was a known duck egg)
It's been a crazy day around here today. First off B had an appointment with the counselor. She thinks he's a normal kid and that the school seems to be trying to push an ADHD diagnosis off where it doesn't belong....yeah, no kidding.
Then it was home to get him started on his lessons.
An egg customer showed up and picked up 3 1/2 dozen small eggs, 2 dozen large eggs and a frozen guinea.
Then DH got home with a hurt shoulder and was whining for dinner. I didn't feel like cooking so I made a trip to town to pick up some Mexican takeout.
After dark I decided to move my broodys to confinement. Most didn't care but Frizz freaked out...let's hope she's still on the nest in the morning. Skeeter was in the barn again...took her to the coop where she freaked out bouncing off all the windows and door trying to get back to her nest. She would not transfer her nest to the coop. If I didn't have a bunch of stuff going on tomorrow I would wait until everyone is out of the coop and then lock her in it for the day so she can imprint a nest there.
Tomorrow is the "wedding of the century". The letters Q and U are getting married. Joined together forever.
The boy's school is having a full out wedding ceremony for the letters Q and U. All five Kindergarten classes will be participating and all of their families are invited...so I will be in attendance with B at my side since it's in the afternoon.
My humidity right now is around 53% and she's still talking. I hope that by morning she is out.
The one that Cinni took with her was a mess...she abandoned it again and since there was no pipping and I couldn't candle it (too dark) I cracked it open to a soupy black mess
(It was a known duck egg)It's been a crazy day around here today. First off B had an appointment with the counselor. She thinks he's a normal kid and that the school seems to be trying to push an ADHD diagnosis off where it doesn't belong....yeah, no kidding.
Then it was home to get him started on his lessons.
An egg customer showed up and picked up 3 1/2 dozen small eggs, 2 dozen large eggs and a frozen guinea.
Then DH got home with a hurt shoulder and was whining for dinner. I didn't feel like cooking so I made a trip to town to pick up some Mexican takeout.
After dark I decided to move my broodys to confinement. Most didn't care but Frizz freaked out...let's hope she's still on the nest in the morning. Skeeter was in the barn again...took her to the coop where she freaked out bouncing off all the windows and door trying to get back to her nest. She would not transfer her nest to the coop. If I didn't have a bunch of stuff going on tomorrow I would wait until everyone is out of the coop and then lock her in it for the day so she can imprint a nest there.
Tomorrow is the "wedding of the century". The letters Q and U are getting married. Joined together forever.
The boy's school is having a full out wedding ceremony for the letters Q and U. All five Kindergarten classes will be participating and all of their families are invited...so I will be in attendance with B at my side since it's in the afternoon.redtailgal
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For the record and what it's worth (not much, lol) I think that B is a perfectly normal kid, and the school is full of ignorant jerks.
Q and U are gettin' hitched huh? Um, OK.
And I love the sound of a peeping egg! I'd keep the humidity at where you have it, but I'd move the eggs closer to hatch closer to the source of humidity. Something I have done in the past, was take my ready to hatch eggs and put them in a tupperware container, wish a wet sponge, and put that in the bater with the other eggs.
oh, and you forgot to bring me my enchiladas........I'll forgive you this time.
Q and U are gettin' hitched huh? Um, OK.
And I love the sound of a peeping egg! I'd keep the humidity at where you have it, but I'd move the eggs closer to hatch closer to the source of humidity. Something I have done in the past, was take my ready to hatch eggs and put them in a tupperware container, wish a wet sponge, and put that in the bater with the other eggs.
oh, and you forgot to bring me my enchiladas........I'll forgive you this time.
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At 3:00 this morning the house was awakened to VERY LOUD PEEPING. Rushing to the bator we found a little yellow chick screaming it's head off (Pics soon)
My plan is to wait until after dark tonight and then slip it under Cinni...will this work?
(Pics soon)My plan is to wait until after dark tonight and then slip it under Cinni...will this work?
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Congratulations on more chicks! 
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Slipping a chick is hard to do with some hens. If Cinni is an experienced mom, maybe. Just be sure to check first thing in the AM and see how it goes.
I had hens not bat an eye when I popped two or three under them, and others that would kill them.
Cant wait for the pics!!!!! No ducks yet??
I had hens not bat an eye when I popped two or three under them, and others that would kill them.
Cant wait for the pics!!!!! No ducks yet??
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No ducks yet. That was the majority of the eggs that were under Cinni. How many extra days should I wait for them in the bator. The duck eggs were under her for 28 days and now almost 1 day in the bator.
In other news:
I showed my teeth and claws at the school earlier. Let's just say that there was a serious communication issue and since it was in black and white on my part that the fault laid with them and I let them know it in no uncertain terms.
In other news:
I showed my teeth and claws at the school earlier. Let's just say that there was a serious communication issue and since it was in black and white on my part that the fault laid with them and I let them know it in no uncertain terms.
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I may yet. I just got a scathing email from the teacher demanding that I set up an appointment. I responded in kind. And we will be meeting...at which time they will be having the stack of work that he has been doing at home slapped in front of them. They'll also be getting examples of his photography and a review from an award winning photographer to counter his art teacher's note on his report card that he has no artistic concept.Squirrelgirl88 said:
I am so mad right now.
You all don't know the half of it.She sent home a math book for him to do...2 pages. I'm going to have him do the entire book this weekend as he's more than capable of doing it. And any other workbook that she sends home I'm going to have him do the entire thing instead of the 2 pages that she always wants done. He does a ton of work when he's home with me and always finishes early and I always give him more. He always asks for harder stuff to do. Today he gets a break because we're attending the Q&U wedding. Yesterday B finished all of his assignments early and we made a Garden Hand Scrub together.
I don't even want to go to this Q&U wedding thing because I don't want to deal with the school anymore today.
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Ready for the Q&U wedding:
Handsome little bugger:
Handsome little bugger:
